Development and application of a water pollution emergency response system
for the Three Gorges Reservoir in the Yangtze River, China |
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Authors: | Qiang He Shujuan Peng Jun Zhai and Haiwen Xiao |
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Institution: | Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China. |
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Abstract: | There are many watercraft and production accidents in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area (TGRA) of the Yangtze River in China
every year. Accidents threaten the water quality of the 1085 km2 surface area of the TGRA and millions of local people if oil and
chemical leakage were to occur. A water pollution management system for emergency response (WPMS ER) was therefore designed
for the management of pollution in this area. An integrated geographic information system (GIS)-based water pollution management
information system for the TGRA, called WPMS ER TGRA, was developed in this study. ArcGIS engine was used as the system
development platform, and Visual Basic as the programming language. The models for hydraulic and water quality simulation and the
generation of body-fitted coordinates were developed and programmed as a dynamically linked library file using Visual Basic, and
they can be launched by other computer programs. Subsequently, the GIS-based information system was applied to the emergency
water pollution management of a shipwreck releasing 10 tons of phenol into the Yangtze River during two hours. The results showed
that WPMS ER TGRA can assist with emergency water pollution management and simulate the transfer and di usion of accidental
pollutants in the river. Furthermore, it can quickly identify the a ected area and how it will change over time within a few minutes of
an accident occurring. |
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Keywords: | water pollution emergency emergency response management information system the Three Gorges Reservoir |
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